stime(2) [redhat man page]
STIME(2) Linux Programmer's Manual STIME(2) NAME
stime - set time SYNOPSIS
#define _SVID_SOURCE /* glibc2 needs this */ #include <time.h> int stime(time_t *t); DESCRIPTION
stime sets the system's idea of the time and date. Time, pointed to by t, is measured in seconds from 00:00:00 GMT January 1, 1970. stime() may only be executed by the super user. RETURN VALUE
On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately. ERRORS
EPERM The caller is not the super-user. CONFORMING TO
SVr4, SVID, X/OPEN NOTES
Under glibc2, <time.h> only provides a prototype when _SVID_SOURCE is defined. SEE ALSO
date(1), settimeofday(2) Linux 0.99.11 1993-07-24 STIME(2)
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STIME(2) Linux Programmer's Manual STIME(2) NAME
stime - set time SYNOPSIS
#include <time.h> int stime(time_t *t); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): stime(): _SVID_SOURCE DESCRIPTION
stime() sets the system's idea of the time and date. The time, pointed to by t, is measured in seconds since the Epoch, 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 (UTC). stime() may only be executed by the superuser. RETURN VALUE
On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately. ERRORS
EFAULT Error in getting information from user space. EPERM The calling process has insufficient privilege. Under Linux the CAP_SYS_TIME privilege is required. CONFORMING TO
SVr4. SEE ALSO
date(1), settimeofday(2), capabilities(7) COLOPHON
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